{"id":3741,"date":"2025-09-21T08:39:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corelan-certified.com\/?p=3741"},"modified":"2025-11-01T18:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:43:31","slug":"signup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corelan-certified.com\/index.php\/signup\/","title":{"rendered":"How to sign up for CCED?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n   ul.no-bullets {\n     list-style-type: none;\n     padding-left: 0;\n     margin-left: 0;\n   }\n   .note {\n      background-color: #01003f;\n      padding: 12px;\n      font-size: 14px;\n      border-radius: 5px;\n      border-left: 4px solid #2b27ff;\n      box-shadow: 0 0 12px rgba(43, 39, 255, 0.6);\n    }\n   .noteblocked {\n      background-color:#000000;\n      padding: 12px;\n      font-size: 14px;\n      border-radius: 5px;\n      border-left: 10px solid #ff0000;\n      box-shadow: 0 0 12px rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.6);\n    }\n\n<\/style>\n<p>The Corelan Certified Exploit Developer (CCED) exam is designed to validate advanced expertise in Windows Userland exploit development.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible, Candidates must have successfully completed both Corelan classes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"no-bullets\">\n<li>\ud83d\udcda <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corelan-training.com\/index.php\/training\/stack\">Corelan Stack (Bootcamp)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcda <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corelan-training.com\/index.php\/training\/heap\">Corelan Heap (Advanced)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Candidates are strongly encouraged to study the course materials in depth, practice extensively, and prepare thoroughly for <a href=\"\/index.php\/exam\/\">all five exam phases<\/a>. Simply attending the classes may not be sufficient to pass \u2014 success requires substantial independent study and hands-on experience. The Exam includes challenges for modern versions of Windows, and adequate preparation will significantly improve your chances of success.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you meet these requirements and are ready to take on the challenge, you can proceed with the sign-up procedure below.<\/p>\n<br>\n<h4>Step 1: Prepare your letter of motivation<\/h4>\n<p>Your letter must contain the following sections:<br>\n<ul class=\"no-bullets\">\n<li>\ud83d\udc49 Introduce yourself<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc49 Indicate when and where you took Corelan Stack (Bootcamp) and Corelan Heap (Advanced)<\/li> \n<li>\ud83d\udc49 Why the title of CCED is important to you<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc49 How did you prepare for CCED<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc49 Why you&#8217;re motivated to doing the work to achieve this certificate<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc49 What you are going to do in order to keep your knowledge up-to-date in the future<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc49 What tangible actions you are going to implement in order to hold yourself accountable for actually taking these actions in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Make it personal, no AI please<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<br>\n\n<h4>Step 2: Send the letter<\/h4>\n<p>In order to preserve quality, we only allow a certain maximum of registrations per month. <br>If you don\u2019t see an email address below, it means the maximum has been reached already. <br> In that case, check back at the start of next month.<br><br><strong>Sign-up email address:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"note\">\n<span style=\"font-family: monospace\">\n<a href=\"mailto:cced-signup-s77a9xmsffosyhy@corelan-certified.com\">cced-signup-s77a9xmsffosyhy@corelan-certified.com<\/a>\n<\/span><\/div>\n\n<p>If you send your letter of motivation to any other email address, it will be ignored\/deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n<br>\n\n<h4>Step 3. Wait for approval<\/h4> \n<p>Wait for Corelan to carefully review your letter of motivation.<\/p>  \n<p>If it was convincing enough and your application was approved, you will receive an onboarding email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<h4>While you wait<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"no-bullets\">\n<li>\u27a1\ufe0f Grab yourself a seat in <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/DjfR5ntXrb\">Corelan\u2019s Discord server<\/a>.  Feel free to join the <span style=\"font-family: monospace;\">#cced-prep<\/span> channel to discuss with other candidates what you\u2019re doing to prep for the exam<\/li>\n<li>\u27a1\ufe0f Check the <a href=\"\/index.php\/faq\">FAQ page<\/a> for more info on preparing for the exam<\/li>\n<li>\u27a1\ufe0f Add <span style=\"font-family: monospace;\">cced@corelan-certified.com<\/span> to trusted senders. Check your spam folder on a daily basis.  DO NOT SEND SIGNUP EMAILS TO THIS ADDRESS. 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